Snarl | Mean of snarl in English Dictionary

/ˈsnɑrəl/

• Noun
• a twisted knot of hairs, thread, etc.
1. a brush that smoothes out snarls
2. snarls of string/rope
• a situation in which you can no longer move or make progress
1. a traffic snarl
2. The project has been plagued by legal/bureaucratic snarls.
• Verb
• to become twisted together
1. Her hair snarls very easily.
2. Traffic snarled at the intersection after the accident.
3. The rope had become snarled around the post.
4. The accident snarled traffic.

• to stop (something or someone) from moving or making progress
1. Traffic was snarled up because of the parade.
• to growl and show the teeth
1. The dog snarled at the postman.
• to say something in an angry or annoyed way
1. “Get back to work,” she snarled.
2. He snarled insults at other drivers.
3. The stranger snarled at her.
• Noun
• an act of growling and showing the teeth
1. The dog gave a snarl when I reached for its bone.